Ms Yuan Gao

Higher Degree by Research Candidate

Research Assistant

School of Public Health

Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences


Date Position Institution name
2023 - ongoing Health data scientist Flinders University
2021 - 2024 Research Assistant University of Adelaide

Date Type Title Institution Name Country Amount
2024 Scholarship Univeristy of Adelaide Research Scholarship The Univeristy of Adelaide Australia -

Language Competency
Chinese (Mandarin) Can read, write, speak, understand spoken and peer review
English Can read, write, speak, understand spoken and peer review

Date Institution name Country Title
2022 - 2023 University of Adelaide Australia Graduate Diploma in Biostatistics
2019 - 2020 University of Adelaide Australia Master of Public Health
2013 - 2018 Southwest Medical University China Bachelor of Medicine (preventive medicine)

Date Title Institution name Country
2025 Graduate Statistician Statistical Society of Australia Australia

Year Citation
2025 Gao, Y., Laka, M., & Merlin, T. (2025). Does regulatory and reimbursement parallel processing provide swifter funded access to medicines for patients? Evaluation of cancer medicines using the Australian parallel process. Value in Health, 28(3), 431-440.
DOI
2025 Menz, B. D., Modi, N. D., Abuhelwa, A. Y., Ruanglertboon, W., Vitry, A., Gao, Y., . . . Hopkins, A. M. (2025). Generative AI Chatbots for Reliable Cancer Information: Evaluating web-search, multilingual, and reference capabilities of emerging large language models. European Journal of Cancer, 218, 115274-1-115274-6.
DOI Scopus11 WoS10 Europe PMC6
2025 Gao, Y., Cheng, A., Li, L. X., Parent, N., Kichenadasse, G., Karapetis, C. S., . . . Sorich, M. J. (2025). Evaluation of hyperprogressive disease with atezolizumab plus bevacizumab for hepatocellular carcinoma: A secondary analysis of the IMbrave150 trial. International Journal of Cancer, 157(2), 336-344.
DOI Europe PMC1
2025 Carter, D., HASSAN, M., Gao, Y., Choi, O., Tamblyn, D., & Merlin, T. (2025). Engaging stakeholders along health technology assessment pathways: A scoping review of international practice. International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care, 41(1), e69-1-e69-9.
DOI
2025 Li, L. X., Hopkins, A. M., Woodman, R., Abuhelwa, A. Y., Gao, Y., Parent, N., . . . Sorich, M. J. (2025). Discrimination, calibration, and variable importance in statistical and machine learning models for predicting overall survival in advanced non-small cell lung cancer patients treated with immune checkpoint inhibitors. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, 112082.
DOI
2025 Gao, Y., Li, L. X., Rowland, A., Karapetis, C. S., Parent, N., Kichenadasse, G., . . . Sorich, M. J. (2025). Progressive Lesion Type is Predictive of Post-progression Survival in First-line Chemoimmunotherapy for Non-small Cell Lung Cancer.. Cancer Letters, 218191.
DOI
2023 Gao, Y., Laka, M., & Merlin, T. (2023). Is the quality of evidence in health technology assessment deteriorating over time? A case study on cancer drugs in Australia. International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care, 39(1), e28-1-e28-9.
DOI Scopus5 WoS5 Europe PMC5
2023 Gao, Y., Laka, M., & Merlin, T. (2023). OP71 Road To Public Funding Of Cancer Codependent Technologies In Australia In The Last Ten Years. International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care, 39(S1), S19.
DOI
2021 Gao, Y., Ju, X., & Jamieson, L. (2021). Associations between dental care approachability and dental attendance among women pregnant with an Indigenous child: a cross-sectional study. BMC Oral Health, 21(1), 451-1-451-10.
DOI Scopus3 WoS3 Europe PMC3

Year Citation
2022 Gao, Y., Laka, M., & Merlin, T. (2022). OP20 Is The Quality Of Evidence In Health Technology Assessment Deteriorating Over Time?: A Case Study On Cancer Drugs In Australia. Poster session presented at the meeting of International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care. Cambridge University Press (CUP).
DOI

Date Role Membership Country
2022 - ongoing Member Health Technology Assessment International (HTAi) Australia

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